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Comparison of Mycobacterium 23S rRNA Sequences by High-Temperature Reverse Transcription and PCR

BENJAMIN B. STONE^*, RAYMOND M. NIETUPSKI, GARY L. BRETON and WILLIAM G. WEISBURG

GENE-TRAK, Inc., Framingham, Massachusetts 01701

^* Corresponding author. Mailing address: GENE-TRAK, Inc., 31 New York Avenue, Framingham, MA 01701. Phone: (508) 935-1205. Fax: (508) 879-6462.

ABSTRACT

We describe a modified rRNA sequence analysis method which we used to determine the phylogenetic relationships among 58 species belonging to the genus Mycobacterium. We combined the sensitivity of the reverse transcriptase PCR for amplifying nanogram amounts of template rRNA material with the elevated extension temperatures used for the thermostable DNA polymerase from Thermus thermophilus. A 70°C reverse transcription extension step permitted improved read-through of highly structured rRNA templates from members of the genus Mycobacterium, which have G+C contents of 66 to 71 mol%. The nucleic acid sequences of the amplified material were then determined by performing thermal cycle sequencing with -³³P-labeled primers, again with extension at 70°C. Nonspecifically terminated bands were chased by using terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase. Our method had a template requirement of nanogram amounts or less of purified RNA or 2,000 CFU of intact cells and had sufficient sensitivity so that lyophils obtained from the American Type Culture Collection could be used as source material. Sequences from a 250-nucleotide stretch of the 23S rRNA were aligned, and phylogenetic trees were evaluated by using the De Soete distance treeing algorithm and Rhodococcus bronchialis as the outgroup. Our 23S rRNA trees were compared with previously published 16S rRNA trees, including the comprehensive trees developed by the University of Illinois Ribosomal Database Project, and included 15 species not evaluated previously. Most of the groups were in general agreement and were consistent with relationships determined on the basis of biochemical characteristics, but some new relationships were also observed.

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